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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Kalyn's Kitchen Picks: Brummel & Brown Natural Yogurt Spread

It's been a while since I added something to my list of Kalyn's Kitchen Picks, where I share my recommendations for food or kitchen products I'd happily buy over and over. This Brummel & Brown Yogurt Spread was recommended by a reader named Alan, and I'm loving it on my whole wheat toast dipped into Eggs Fried in Olive Oil. No one likes the flavor of real butter more than I do, and turning butter into an occasional indulgence was one of the hardest changes I had to make when I started cooking the South Beach Diet way. This spread made with vegetable oil and yogurt is the best-tasting butter alternative I've found. It does have water as the first ingredient, so this isn't something I'd use for sauteing food, but for spreading on toast or melting over vegetables, the flavor of this is great.

Here is the nutritional information for Brummel & Brown Yogurt Spread. Most important to me in those numbers is that this spread only has 1 gram of saturated fat, and zero trans fats, cholesterol, or sugar. I don't count calories, but it has about half the calories of butter, with about half as much fat. I haven't tried using it in baking or cooking, but the Brummel & Brown site does have some recipes showing ideas.

All products selected for Kalyn's Kitchen Picks are things I use in my own kitchen that I would happily purchase over and over. Most products featured are items I purchase myself, but when I do (rarely) feature a product that was sent to me for review, I will always mention that I first tried the product when I received it as a sample.

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I have never seen this spread, but am really interested to try it. Even though I'm not doing the South Beach diet, I'm always on the lookout for products that help keep cholesterol (and pounds) in check.

I don't mean to be rude, but I'm not going to publish comments recommending other types of spread, because this is my pick, and publishing that sort of comment just encourages companies to start leaving spam comments promoting their product.

See, the SB book really confuses me. I guess the supercharged is different than the first because the first said "only soft tofu" and "butter is better than vegetable oil" not that either one is good, it said. And here you're saying to use veg oil (with yogurt) instead. Ugh I wish the two books would synch. I'm seeing all these no no's in one and allowances in others.

Personally I would guess that Dr. Agatston's thinking has evolved with the later books, which is why more choices are allowed. The latest book (Supercharged) says up to 2 T per day of a wide variety of oils and other fat choices like avocado, margarine, and trans fat free spreads.

I've never tried this and have actually not seen this in my supermarket. I will try it though. One of my favorite snacks is cottage cheese or ricotta with Splenda. I bet I would love this.thank you, Kalyn!

A reader wrote a tip on our blog, and I'd be interested in your take on it.

Use 1 part canola oil, one part unsalted butter and add a bit of kosher salt. Whip in your mixer several minutes until the mixture looks like whipped cream. Store in an airtight container in the fridge - I've had mine for at least 4 weeks now and it still tastes great and has a smooth creamy texture.

I use it any time I would have used butter, and the taste is fresh and buttery. And it is so much cheaper than expensive butter spreads.

I am thinking of replacing the canola oil with olive oil on my next batch . . .

Donna, sounds interesting. I've never tried anything like that. I'm guessing it would still be a lot higher in fat (especially saturated fat) than this product though. Your mixture sounds like it would be good for cooking though. I might have to put it on my (ever growing) to-try list!

I love this type of butter spread it's the only one all of my family uses. Every time i share it with some one it becomes the family norm. Its really good for baking with also. I never find a food that not better with it on top. =)

Reader Alan? well, that's me! Actually, my wife turned me on to this. She told me long ago to read all the labels of all the spreads and that this one made the most sense, was the cheapest and tasted the best. She was right; I use it for almost everything. I do bake w/ butter and few other gourmet dishes. But, for all else, this is the one. I remember telling Kalyn about this because she is a big Kroeger gal and I get this at Ralphs here in Los Angeles. Keep up the great work Kalyn. You were my 1st food blog and still love reading it.-al

Hi Al,Thanks again for the recommendation. I had seen this many times in the store but for some reason never tried it until you gave it the glowing recommendation. This is what makes blogging so fun, sharing good food ideas with each other!

I had seen this in the dairy case at the grocery, but never thought much about it until I read your post the other day. So . . . I bought a tub, and must say it ia great! I have been using, er, one of the other ones recommended by the South Beach Diet, but this product is far better. Thanks for the hint!

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